WRITER

Quintilian

35 - 96

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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Latin: [kᶣiːn.tɪ.li.ˈaː.nʊs]; c. 35 – c. 100 AD) was a Roman educator and rhetorician born in Hispania, widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and in Renaissance writing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Quintilian has received more than 733,895 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Quintilian is the 217th most popular writer (down from 190th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 53rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Spanish Writer.

Quintilian is most famous for his work, Institutio Oratoria, which was a guide to the art of public speaking.

Memorability Metrics

  • 730k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Quintilian's Institutes of oratory; or, Education of an orator
Oratory
1856
The Instituto oratoria of Quintilian
1920
Institvtionis oratoriae libri XII
1907
Institutiones oratoriae
1515
Quintilian on education
Education
19364 / 5
Institutio oratoria
Language Arts & Disciplines
1538

Page views of Quintilians by language

Over the past year Quintilian has had the most page views in the with 162,436 views, followed by English (71,352), and Spanish (34,430). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are French (352.46%), Cornish (134.20%), and Egyptian Arabic (86.28%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Quintilian ranks 217 out of 7,302. Before him are Johanna Spyri, Sigrid Undset, Maurice Leblanc, Carlo Goldoni, Diogenes Laërtius, and Terence. After him are Pierre Corneille, Tomas Tranströmer, Ferdowsi, Isaac Bashevis Singer, J. K. Rowling, and Bram Stoker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 35, Quintilian ranks 1. After him are Ignatius of Antioch, Statilia Messalina, Justus of Tiberias, and Arulenus Rusticus. Among people deceased in 96, Quintilian ranks 2. Before him is Domitian. After him are Joseph of Arimathea, and Statius.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Quintilian ranks 63 out of 3,355. Before him are Tomás de Torquemada (1420), Jusepe de Ribera (1591), Florentino Pérez (1947), Maria Theresa of Spain (1638), Ramon Llull (1232), and Eugénie de Montijo (1826). After him are Josep Borrell (1947), Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784), Abbas ibn Firnas (810), Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), Alfonso XII of Spain (1857), and Bartolomé de las Casas (1484).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Quintilian ranks 5. Before him are Miguel de Cervantes (1547), Federico García Lorca (1898), Joan Fuster (1922), and Lope de Vega (1562). After him are Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), Bartolomé de las Casas (1484), Alfonso X of Castile (1221), Lucan (39), Seneca the Elder (-54), Martial (40), and Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881).

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